JasonParis
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I suppose this also marks the end of the term GTHA.
VIA has first dibs on Peterborough with HFR, which will (most likely) be funded and built first. GO will have to negotiate track rights to serve it, and I assume it would be peak-only. I think GO bus service to Peterborough would become redundant as the train would be substantially faster.
I know Shelburne in Dufferin County, and Dundalk in Grey County have been asking for GO Bus service. Metrolinx also has designed but not built an Orangeville bus garage, so it would be easy to expand service north up Highway 10. I could see expanded GO Bus services happening across Ontario, to fill in gaps that Greyhound has created over years of cuts.
Simcoe County is included in Metrolinx's new mandate too. GO Trains to Collingwood would be amazing, but I get it realistically isn't high in the priorities. Would be a cheap expansion however, as RoW exists and just needs new tracks. Can easily be done for $1 million per mile.
I suppose this also marks the end of the term GTHA.
If HFR to Peterborough bacame a reality, why would GO want to duplicate service?
Bus service to places like Dundalk (pop ~2000) and elsewhere across the Province reopens the debate of 'inefficient' subsidies to low density communities. Remember, nobody wants their taxes to increase and, to many, rural people should just suck it up and move to urban areas.
The ROW to Collingwood may be largely intact but I know a few road crossings have been severed and the road grades altered. The last mile to downtown and resort areas remains an issue - the ROW ends at an east end industrial area.
Not planned to. Even along the HFR route, some stations would get VIA perhaps twice a day each direction. From Peterborough south, HFR probably only one stop: northern edge of Toronto. GO would serve all the stations between Peterb'ro and Union.If HFR to Peterborough bacame a reality, why would GO want to duplicate service?
SuperDuperLinx. Except you overlook the number one priority of Ford Inc: Cars, no matter which agency they come under.We should just rename Canada "Toronto" and give Metrolinx jurisdiction of everything from healthcare to foreign policy. The Dominion of Metrolinx - all cars are banned and replaced by subways.
We should just rename Canada "Toronto" and give Metrolinx jurisdiction of everything from healthcare to foreign policy. The Dominion of Metrolinx - all cars are banned and replaced by subways.
RER mentioned in the Federal Fall Fiscal Update, page 28.
"$1.9 billion for four GO Transit Regional Express Rail projects in the Greater Golden Horseshoe Area"
Note, this money has been previously announced.
For clarity.... do we know what the four “projects” are?
- Paul
PS: Answered my own question here. Kitchener, Barrie, LSE (Bowmanville? or just the added track Liverpool to Union?) and LSW (Niagara?)
Related to the federal or provincial government?Apparently some kind of big announcement might be coming tomorrow relating to transit...